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Sand and Canvas; A Narrative of Adventures in Egypt, with a Sojourn Among the Artists in Rome
Samuel Bevan
1849
Charles Gilpin : London
9" by 6"
xii, 370, [2]pp
SUMMARY
The first edition of this charming travel account of Egypt and Italy, illustrated with hand coloured plates. From the library of Egyptologist and benefactor, Gwendolen Crewdson.
Colour Plates,First Edition,Illustrated,Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
First edition, and the only edition until Project Gutenberg's publication in 2022.
Uncommon.
Rebacked, retaining the original boards with the original backstrip laid down.
Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and seven plates, six of which are hand-coloured. Collated, complete.
A fascinating account of the author's travels in Egypt and Italy, gathered from his diary. Comprising descriptions of the harbour of Alexandria, the Baths of Cleopatra, Suez, the Nile steam boat, domestic cookery, the cafes of Venice, journey to Florence, and much more.
There is little recorded information about the author Samuel Bevan. He was born in 1816 possibly in Wales and became an engineer of the railroads. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Cavendish. This title is his most notable work.
From the library of Gertrude Gwendolen Bevan Crewdson (1872-1913), an Egyptologist and administrator and benefactor of Girton College, Cambridge. It is unclear if she shares relations with the author (neither of her parents use Bevan or have notable relations linked to this surname), but a charming coincidence nevertheless. Crewdson travelled around Greece, Crete, Sweden and Norway as well as spending six months in Khartoum. She bought many items at the sale hall of the Cairo Museum, which she subsequently left to Girton College. She was also responsible for the college buying the mummified remains of Hermione Grammatike in 1911, by raising the sum of £20 (the equivalent of £1,825 in 2022) to buy it from William Petrie.
Two pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. With additional advertisement leaf bound in following.
CONDITION
Rebacked, retaining the original boards with the original backstrip laid down. Externally, with rubbing to the extremities and loss to the head and tail of the original backstrip. Marks to the boards. Fading to the cloth, most notably to the spine. Bookplate of one Gwendolen Crewdson to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with marginal toning and occasional spots and handling marks. Bibliographic clipping tipped-in to the verso of the front free endpaper.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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